[PATCH 2/2] nfs: update inode ctime after removexattr operation
From: Jeff Layton
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 13:55:21 EST
xfstest generic/728 fails with delegated timestamps. The client does a
removexattr and then a stat to test the ctime, which doesn't change. The
stat() doesn't trigger a GETATTR because of the delegated timestamps, so
it relies on the cached ctime, which is wrong.
The setxattr compound has a trailing GETATTR, which ensures that its
ctime gets updated. Follow the same strategy with removexattr.
Reported-by: Olga Kornievskaia <aglo@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
fs/nfs/nfs42xdr.c | 10 ++++++++--
include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 7b3ca68fb4bb3bee293f8621e5ed5fa596f5da3f..7e5c1172fc11c9d5a55b3621977ac83bb98f7c20 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -1372,11 +1372,15 @@ int nfs42_proc_clone(struct file *src_f, struct file *dst_f,
static int _nfs42_proc_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
{
struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
+ __u32 bitmask[NFS_BITMASK_SZ];
struct nfs42_removexattrargs args = {
.fh = NFS_FH(inode),
+ .bitmask = bitmask,
.xattr_name = name,
};
- struct nfs42_removexattrres res;
+ struct nfs42_removexattrres res = {
+ .server = server,
+ };
struct rpc_message msg = {
.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_REMOVEXATTR],
.rpc_argp = &args,
@@ -1385,12 +1389,22 @@ static int _nfs42_proc_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
int ret;
unsigned long timestamp = jiffies;
+ res.fattr = nfs_alloc_fattr();
+ if (!res.fattr)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ nfs4_bitmask_set(bitmask, server->cache_consistency_bitmask,
+ inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_CHANGE);
+
ret = nfs4_call_sync(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args,
&res.seq_res, 1);
trace_nfs4_removexattr(inode, name, ret);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret) {
nfs4_update_changeattr(inode, &res.cinfo, timestamp, 0);
+ ret = nfs_post_op_update_inode(inode, res.fattr);
+ }
+ kfree(res.fattr);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42xdr.c
index 5c7452ce6e8ac94bd24bc3a33d4479d458a29907..ec105c62f721cfe01bfc60f5981396958084d627 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42xdr.c
@@ -263,11 +263,13 @@
#define NFS4_enc_removexattr_sz (compound_encode_hdr_maxsz + \
encode_sequence_maxsz + \
encode_putfh_maxsz + \
- encode_removexattr_maxsz)
+ encode_removexattr_maxsz + \
+ encode_getattr_maxsz)
#define NFS4_dec_removexattr_sz (compound_decode_hdr_maxsz + \
decode_sequence_maxsz + \
decode_putfh_maxsz + \
- decode_removexattr_maxsz)
+ decode_removexattr_maxsz + \
+ decode_getattr_maxsz)
/*
* These values specify the maximum amount of data that is not
@@ -869,6 +871,7 @@ static void nfs4_xdr_enc_removexattr(struct rpc_rqst *req,
encode_sequence(xdr, &args->seq_args, &hdr);
encode_putfh(xdr, args->fh, &hdr);
encode_removexattr(xdr, args->xattr_name, &hdr);
+ encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
encode_nops(&hdr);
}
@@ -1818,6 +1821,9 @@ static int nfs4_xdr_dec_removexattr(struct rpc_rqst *req,
goto out;
status = decode_removexattr(xdr, &res->cinfo);
+ if (status)
+ goto out;
+ status = decode_getfattr(xdr, res->fattr, res->server);
out:
return status;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index ff1f12aa73d27b6fd874baf7019dd03195fc36e5..fcbd21b5685f46136a210c8e11c20a54d6ed9dad 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1611,12 +1611,15 @@ struct nfs42_listxattrsres {
struct nfs42_removexattrargs {
struct nfs4_sequence_args seq_args;
struct nfs_fh *fh;
+ const u32 *bitmask;
const char *xattr_name;
};
struct nfs42_removexattrres {
struct nfs4_sequence_res seq_res;
struct nfs4_change_info cinfo;
+ struct nfs_fattr *fattr;
+ const struct nfs_server *server;
};
#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_2 */
--
2.53.0